Frank Sivero (born January 6, 1952) is an American character actor,
perhaps best known for playing the roles of Genco Abbandando in Mario
Puzo's and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II and Frankie
Carbone (based on Angelo Sepe) in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas.
Sivero was born Francesco LoGiudice in Siculiana, Sicily, Italy, and
raised in Brooklyn, New York. He can be seen as an extra in The
Godfather as one of the witnesses to Sonny Corleone's brutal beating of
his brother-in-law, Carlo. Director Martin Scorsese cast him as Frankie
Carbone after seeing his performance in The Godfather: Part II. He also
appeared in the "The Wedding Singer" with Adam Sandler.
The character "Louie" (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), a mafioso and second in command to Springfield mob boss "Fat Tony", from The Simpsons (1989) is based largely on Sivero, especially as he appeared in Goodfellas (1990).